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Code Llama Kicks LLM for Code Battle Into Overdrive Aug 25, 2023

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Meta has released LLM-for-coding Code Llama in numerous versions. NLW explores the community discussion, including some interesting data around an unreleased version trained on synthetic data that seemed to perform better than any other. Before that on the Brief, Spain starts an AI agency; the UK announces more details of its AI Safety Summit and new AI models out of South Korea and China. Today's Sponsor: Supermanage - AI for 1-on-1's - https://supermanage.ai/breakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Was Nvidia's Earnings Call A '1995 Internet Moment'? Aug 24, 2023

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One Wall Street analyst thinks that Nvidia's earnings will be seen in the future as a 1995 Internet Moment. Before that on the Brief: The New York Times profiles a novel treatment of a paralyzed woman using AI to reconstruct speech and facial expressions from brainwaves; Hollywood strike considers implications of AI copyright rules, and Salesforce makes an AI-related holiday sales prediction. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

How Big A Deal Is GPT-3.5 Fine-Tuning From OpenAI? Aug 24, 2023

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OpenAI has released finetuning for GPT-3.5 Turbo. It's expensive, and for some comes with privacy concerns, but also opens up many new applications. Before that on The Brief: Meta's new AI translation model, Nvidia earnings hopes and a new approach to AI agents. Today's Sponsor: Supermanage - AI for 1-on-1's - https://supermanage.ai/breakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

The Future of AI Music: YouTube and Universal Partner Aug 22, 2023

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Universal and YouTube are partnering on an AI music incubator and other approaches to AI music that try to open up creativity while protecting existing copyright holders. Before that on the Brief: Snapchat's Dreams AI feature; Zoom shares jump around AI talk; and Midjourney releases inpainting. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Should the US Nationalize the Artificial Intelligence Industry? Aug 21, 2023

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That's the argument of one Politico columnist. NLW examines the argument in depth. Before that on the Brief: A district court judge has said that AI art can't be copyrighted, but anticipates complications coming soon; Singapore workers adapting to AI the fastest; 170,000 books used in AI training dataset; and more. Today's Sponsor: Supermanage - AI for 1-on-1's - https://supermanage.ai/breakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Could Google's Gemini Be A ChatGPT Killer? Aug 20, 2023

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AI Twitter is buzzing with cryptic posts about how the LLM world is set to change in the next few months. On today's episode, NLW looks at everything we know about Google Gemini. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Could AI End Up Being Good for Democracy? Aug 19, 2023

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The standard discourse around AI and politics is one of fear. Deepfakes. Election tampering. Misinformation. Yet the two pieces NLW reads today suggest a different path is possible. Artificial intelligence is powering politics – but it could also reboot democracy How AI could save politics—if it doesn’t destroy it first ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Meta to Launch Open Source Coding AI as Latest Assault on OpenAI Aug 18, 2023

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Meta is launching a new open source AI specifically for code generation which could undercut paid tools like Microsoft GitHub Copilot (powered by OpenAI's Codex). Before that on the Brief: a jailbroken Nest that shows the future of AI-powered devices; states form an AI regulatory task force and much more. Today's Sponsor: Supermanage - AI for 1-on-1's - https://supermanage.ai/breakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Snapchat Users Freaked Out as My AI Goes Rogue Aug 17, 2023

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Users were not stoked when Snapchat's My AI chatbot posted a story yesterday -- something it wasn't supposed to be able to do. Before that on the Brief: the AI Twitter community debates whether OpenAI's acquisition of Global Illumination is about talent or a push towards autonomous agents; a new AMD IT leader survey; McKinsey announces Lilli custom LLM; and Gartner puts generative AI at the peak of inflated expectations. Today's Sponsor: Supermanage - AI for 1-on-1's - https://supermanage.ai/breakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Why AI Hype Has Peaked (And Why That's A Good Thing) Aug 16, 2023

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In today's episode, NLW explores the factors that have driven AI past its peak of hype, and what's actually going on behind the scenes. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

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